Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced the winners of the 'Zawya Fund' and the 'Lipper Global Islamic Fund Awards' for 2014 at a ceremony in Dubai last night.

The Zawya funds awards are calculated on an annual basis and have a set of fixed criteria for a fund to take part in the analysis, of which a minimum $5 million in size and a minimum 3 years track record.

The Lipper Global Islamic Fund Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional investment community.

The following are the winners of the Zawya Fund Awards:

*Equity Kuwait Award:  Tharwa Investment Fund by Tharwa Investment Company
*Equity Mena Award: EFG-Hermes MEDA Fund by EFG-Hermes Holding
*Fixed Income Morocco Award: FCP Capital Imtiyaz Liquidite by BMCE Capital Gestion
*Money Market Morocco Award: Emergence Money Market Fund by Valoris Management
*Balanced Morocco Award: SICAV CFG Croissance by CFG Gestion
*Equity Egypt Award: Banque Du Caire Fund I by EFG-Hermes Holding
*Equity GCC Award: LHV Persian Gulf Fund (A Share) by LHV Asset Management
*Fixed Income Tunisia Award: Attijari Obligataire SICAV by Attijari Gestion
*Money Market Saudi Arabia Award: Al Arabi SAR Money Market Fund by ANB Invest
*Balanced Egypt Award: Al Watany Bank of Egypt Fund by NBK Capital AM in Egypt
*Equity Oman Award: Vision Emerging Oman Fund by Vision Investment Services Company
*Equity UAE Award: Emirates Gateway Fund by Shuaa Asset Management Limited
*Equity Qatar Award: Al Waseela Fund (F Class) by EFG-Hermes Holding
*Equity Saudi Arabia Award: EFG-Hermes Saudi Arabia Equity Fund by EFG-Hermes KSA
*Money Market Egypt Award: Credit Agricole Egypt Fund III byEFG-Hermes Holding
*Equity Morocco Award: FCP RMA Cap Performance by RMA Capital

The winners of the Zawya Funds Awards voted by the industry are:

*Custodian Of The Year: HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited
*Administrator Of The Year: APEX Fund services
*Lawyer of the Year: Al Tamimi & Company
*Newcomer Fund Of The Year: MENA Dividend Leader Fund by National Bank of Abu Dhabi
*Mena Asset Manager Of The Year: Al Mal Capital
*Fund Manager of the Year: Tariq Qaqish

The Lipper Global Islamic group award went to Jadwa Investment which also won Best Equity Award. Trophies were also presented to 17 individual fund award winners. CIMB-Principal Asset Management Berhad and PT Samuel Aset Manajemen were multi-award winners.-TradeArabia News Service